2024 Beauregard
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Tasting Notes
Medium intensity, bright fruits, lovely precision and sculpted tannins, perhaps not as exuberant as Pomerol as in some years, but this is a lovely, well-made wine with nuance and floral waves, good density through the mid palate as it curls open. Tasted twice.
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
More reviews and scores
The 2024 Beauregard is a very pretty wine. Lifted floral and spice top notes lead into a core of blue/purplish fruit, lavender, cloves and licorice. Medium in body, with lovely depth, Beauregard is impeccably balanced. The oak, for example, is better integrated than it has been in some years. The same is true for the tannins, which are quite silky. The 2024 is a bit light in structure, as most wines are in this vintage, but its balance is beyond reproach. Tased two times.
The 2024 Beauregard was cropped at 22.5 hl/ha between September 23 and October 4 and matured in 40% new oak. It has a charming bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, truffle oil and a light smoky scent. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and crisp acidity. It's a little compact toward the finish, where this may lack some complexity. But barrel age might well broaden this Pomerol out and turn it into an early-drinking Pomerol with plenty of buvabilité.
Black cherries, plums, and licorice form the core of the wine. The medium-bodied palate is bright, sweet, and chewy. The Cabernet Franc influence is strong this year. You can sense it in the perfume, and on the palate, with its already expressive, spearmint, tobacco, and cocoa-edged finish. The wine blends 67% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon.
About the producer
Named after its founder, Bernard Beauregard, this property is one of few Pomerol addresses to have an actual château – here a stately 18th-century construction designed by the man behind Bordeaux’s Grand Théâtre.